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Daisy Adams
Daisy Adams
Adams on her 113th birthday in 1993.
Birth: 30 June 1880
Church Gresley, Derbyshire, England, UK
Death: 8 December 1993
Church Gresley, Derbyshire, England, UK
Age: 113 years, 161 days
Country: United Kingdom UK
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Daisy Irene Adams (30 June 1880 – 8 December 1993) was a British supercentenarian who was the oldest living person in the United Kingdom at the time of her death. She was also the last surviving British person born in 1880.

Her age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).

Biography

Adams was born on 30 June 1880 in Church Gresley, Derbyshire, England. Her husband, William, died in the First World War. Her son, Ted, celebrated his 100th birthday in 2013.

Adams died in Church Gresley on 8 December 1993 at the age of 113 years, 161 days.

Longevity Records

Adams became the last surviving British person born in 1880 following the death of 110 year-old Kate Jones on 22 December 1990. She subsequently became the oldest living person in the UK, as well as the last surviving British person born before 1881, following the death of 115 year-old Charlotte Hughes on 17 March 1993.

Following Adams's death on 8 December 1993, Rebecca Hewison became the UK's oldest living person. Adams was then the fourth-oldest British person ever recorded, but as of 2021, she is the 15th-oldest.

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United Kingdom's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (VE)

Frederick Stabbins • Jane ListerMartha Truelove • Ann Sharp • Jane Raby • Frances Smith • William Walker • Ann Russell • Eliza Roff • Ellen Palmer • Rachel MacArthur • Rachel SwainMary Davey • Thomas Pope • John Francklow • Rebecca Lees • Sarah Fitt • Elizabeth Sellwood • Matilda Coppins • Elizabeth Whitehead • Emma Rooke • Margaret Lunn • Sarah Humphrey • Caroline BealeFanny Hopkins • Elizabeth Etheridge • Sophia Wellstead • Rhoda Harris • Emma Weeks • Edith Grellier • Mary WorthingtonJane Stoneman • Ellen Dart • Elizabeth Kensley • Hannah SmithJohn Mosley TurnerAda Roe • Alice StevensonElizabeth WatkinsFrederick Butterfield • Rose Heeley • Agnes Helyar • James Harrow • Sarah Morgan • Lilias WilliamsFlorence PannellJeanetta ThomasAlice Brewster • Anna Eliza Williams • Kate Begbie • Charlotte Hughes • Daisy Adams • Rebecca Hewison • Annie Scott • Rachel Wieselberg • Lucy Askew • Annie Jennings • Eva Morris • Amy Hulmes • Nellie Bradley • Gladys Hawley • Lucy d'Abreu • Judy Ingamells • Emmeline BriceAnnie Knight • Ada Mason • Florrie Baldwin • Eunice BowmanAnnie Turnbull • Elsie SteeleMargaret Fish • Violet Wood • Grace A Jones • Ethel Lang • Gladys Hooper • Bessie CammOlive BoarGrace C JonesGwen PayneHilda ClulowBob WeightonJoan HocquardLilian PriestGertrude KingstonMollie WalkerEthel Caterham

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